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How annoying.

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From RPGFan :


In what is probably the biggest blunder of their career as a publisher, NIS America has cut content from a recent release despite having advertised the content's existence.

Even as I'm posting this news article, if you check the official site for the DS port of Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, there is talk of "additional content" in the characters section of the site, regarding female characters Cherie and Elly. This "additional content" was extracted from Angel's Story, the third game in the Marl's Kingdom series. And sure enough, after you beat the Japanese version of the DS game and save the clear data, a new option appears in the main menu that allows you to enjoy this content.

As a reviewer, I had not been made aware of this bonus content, as I had played the game at the same time of the Japanese release, and before NISA's official site for the game had been opened. As such, I was extremely pleased with the game, giving it high marks and an editor's choice award. But at the time of release, gamers who finished the game and saved the "game clear" content looked to the official site, as well as import gamers, to find out "what's next." When they found out there was some additional content to be unlocked, but they were unable to access it, message boards around the Internet went nuts trying to find the solution. A variety of theories were proposed, most being that NIS America had poorly programmed the game and the content was hiding behind a "glitch." After all, some purchasers of the game were running into other game-freezing glitches as they played.

Having stood behind the product so fervently, I felt it my responsibility to get to the root of the issue. After nagging every contact I had at NIS America, I received the following email detailing the nature of the problem.

( NISAmerica's Response and Reactions )

My thoughts :
I think that's awful. There's a lot of problems here and I don't even know where to begin. Some copies of Rhapsody DS were glitched to begin with (not by this glitch, but by the fact it won't work past a certain point for some people!) and with this added I think it was a wise choice I just kept with my PSX version of the game.

Rhapsody DS had a lot of potential, but it was rushed to the point where it's severely lacking in everything? I can understand keeping out the tracks, I can understand keeping the game entirely in Japanese because of the new tracks, but now we won't even get those new tracks? What was the point of keeping the game in Japanese then? What was the point of rushing this game out so fast?
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Tidbits :

- A New Disgaea 3 novel was released this week in Japan. 306 pages, seems to be a novelization of the game from Almaz's point of view.

- The Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice guidebook is up for reservation at DoubleJump Books. Reserve a copy if you haven't already. ♥

- AnimeExpo was a blast this year. I got to see shinhawk and lots of fans as well as Mr. Harada. Delicious signatures. *A* You can see pictures I took of the event here, and Mr. Harada's pictures here.

- I've also been working on the Heart Bank Blog for those of you curious of Disgaea 3 updates and the so forth.

- Disgaea DS and Rhapsody DS are scheduled to be released sometime in September. They're still not pre-orderable.

I'm thinking of updating the link list of cyberdance. If there's anything you guys want to link, please tell me. In fact, if you have any questions or concerns, please don't be afraid to ask here. Thanks, guys.